Special type not set

I have the following code which is returning the error “Item RejectionResubmitted is not of type Text, special type not set”.

If (doc.HasItem(“RejectionResubmitted”)) Then

Dim itemResubmitted As NotesItem

Set itemResubmitted = doc.GetFirstItem(“RejectionResubmitted”)

If (itemResubmitted.Values(0) = “”) Then

  Set itemResubmitted.Values = x

     Else

  'Here is where the error occurs

   Call itemResubmitted.AppendToTextList(x)

End If

Else

doc.RejectionResubmitted = x

End If

The error occurs in the line “Call itemResubmitted.AppendToTextList(x)”,

RejectionResubmitted is a date/time list. When itemResubmitted is set, it becomes a variant. x is the date/time that I set when when the agent begins running so that all times are the same. I’ve tried to use Cstr(x) and Cstr(Now()), but these give the same error.

How do I append the current date/time to the existing field?

Subject: Special type not set

What’s the type of field RejectionResubmitted in your Form?It looks like that field is Numeric, or atleast it can’t accept a Text vaue. Try assigning a number, or data type matching with what is set Form Field.

PS (from help file):

For writing, the data type of Values determines the data type of the item.

Data type of value	Resulting NotesItem

String	Text item containing the value

Array of String	Text item containing each element of the value

Long, Integer, Double, Single, or Currency	Number item containing the value

Array of Long, Integer, Double, Single, or Currency	Number item containing each element of the value

Variant of type DATE, NotesDateTime, or NotesDateRange.	Date-time item containing the value

Array of Variant of type DATE, array of NotesDateTime, or array of NotesDateRange	Date-time item containing each element of the value

NotesItem	Item whose data type matches the NotesItem type and whose value(s) match the NotesItem value(s)

Regards

Byju Joy

Subject: RE: Special type not set

It’s date/time field and I’m trying to assign a date/time to the field.

Subject: RE: Special type not set

There is a difference between NotesDateTime object in LotusScript, and Date/Time field in a Form. These two are not interchangeable. Here is an example of modifying Date/Time field in a Form/Document using NotesDateTime object:

As shown in following example try using doc.ReplaceItemValue (instead of assigning the date to vlaues attribute).

Dim session As New NotesSession

Dim db As NotesDatabase

Dim dateTime As NotesDateTime

Dim c As NotesDocumentCollection

Dim doc As NotesDocument

Dim scheditem As NotesItem

Set db = session.CurrentDatabase

Set dateTime = New NotesDateTime(“09:00 PM”)

Set c = db.AllDocuments

Set doc = c.GetFirstDocument()

Set scheditem = doc.ReplaceItemValue(“Schedule”, dateTime)

Call doc.save(True,True)

Messagebox "Local time: " & dateTime.LocalTime & Chr(10) _

& "GMT: " & dateTime.GMTTime

Regards,

Byju Joy